1977 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 44, 1977

1977 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 44, 1977

 

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CONTENTS

Volume 44: Number 1

Disseminated protothecosis in a dog Imes, GD, Lloyd, JC & Brightman, MP 1

Volatile fatty acid metabolism in sheep. 2. Correlation between the volatile fatty acid production and concentration in the rumen during the course of a feeding cycle Van der Walt, JG 7

Oviposition and incubation in Boophilus decoloratus (Koch, 1844) (Acarina : Ixodidae) Londt, JGH 13

The life cycle of the two-host tick Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi Neumann, 1897, under laboratory conditions (Acarina : Ixodidae) Londt, JGH & Van der Bijl, EB 21

Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity in sheep serum : normal values and an evaluation of its potential for detecting liver involvement in experimental lupinosis Malherbe, WD, Kellerman, TS, Kriek, NPJ & Haupt, WH 29

Negative staining of a non-haemadsorbing strain of African swine fever virus Els, HJ & Pini, A 39

Research notes:

Effect of levamisole on immunity to Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in mice and sheep Cameron, CM 47

First report of Fascioloides magna (Bassi, 1875) in South Africa Boomker, JDF & Dale-Kuys, JC 49

Volume 44: Number 2

The taxonomic position of Clostridium botulinum Type C Jansen, BC & Knoetze, PC 53

Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. I. Oestrus ovis in sheep Horak, IG 55

Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. II. Oestrus ovis in goats Horak, IG & Butt, MJ 65

The separation of some volatile fatty acids on a "Sephadex" partition chromatogram Van der Walt, JG 69

Studies on Schistosomiasis. 9. Pathology of the bovine urinary tract Bartsch, RC & Van Wyk, JA 73

The arterial blood supply of the cervical vertebrae of the ox (Bos Taurus L.) Smuts, MMS 95

Studies on Parafilaria bovicola Tubangui, 1934. 2. Chemotherapy and pathology Viljoen, JH & Boomker, JDF 107

Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. III. Oestrus spp. and Gedoelstia hässleri in the blesbok Horak, IG & Butt, MJ 113

Hydrops amnii in sheep associated with hydranencephaly and arthrogryposis with Wesselsbron disease and Rift Valley fever viruses as aetiological agents Coetzer, JAW & Barnard, BJH 119

Volume 44: Number 3

Neurosecretion in Ornithodoros savignyi (Audouin) (Ixodoidea : Argasidae). The distribution of neurosecretory cells in the brain Evans, AA & Solomon, KR 127

A revision of the genus Impalaia Mönnig, 1924 Boomker, JDF 131

Sheep erythrocyte and bluetongue virus antibody responses of spleen cell cultures from mice Oellermann, RA & Carter, P 139

Ixodes (Afrixodes) neitzi, n. sp. (Acarina : Ixodidae) from the mountain reedbuck in South Africa Clifford, CM, Walker, JB & Keirans, JE 143

Immunosuppression in new-born lambs Broekman, J, Eksteen, PAL & Verwoerd, DW 151

The fine structure of intra-erythrocytic stages of Babesia bigemina Potgieter, FT & Els, HJ 157

An accurate sensitive and reproducible method for colorimetric estimation of free fatty acids in plasma De Villiers, S, Van der Walt, JG & Procos, J 169

Cryopreservation of the infective larvae of the common nematodes of ruminants Van Wyk, JA, Gerber, HM & Van Aardt, WP 173

Research notes:

Neurological symptoms in a cat following vaccination with high egg passage Flury rabies vaccine of chicken embryo origin Barnard, BJH, Geyer, HJ & De Koker, WC 195

A rapid method for differentiating between the infective larvae of Oesophagostomum columbianum and Chabertia ovina Van Wyk, JA 197

Volume 44: Number 4

The immunological response to intact and dissociated bluetongue virus in mice Oellermann, RA & Carter, P 201

The pathology of Rift Valley fever. I. Lesions occurring in natural cases in new-born lambs Coetzer, JAW 205

Light and electron microscopic observations on development of Babesia bigemina in larvae, nymphae and non-replete females of Boophilus decoloratus Potgieter, FT & Els, HJ 213

The venous drainage of the cervical vertebrae of the ox (Bos taurus L.) Smuts, MMS 233

Black grain mycetoma (maduromycosis) in horses Boomker, JDF, Coetzer, JAW & Scott, DB 249

Failure to induce in rabbits effective immunity to a mixed infection of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Corynebacterium pyogenes with a combined bacterin Cameron, CM & Fuls, WJP 253

Amaurosis in sheep resulting from treatment with rafoxanide Prozesky, L & Pienaar, JG 257

Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. IV. Helminths in sheep on irrigated pasture on the Transvaal Highveld Horak, IG & Louw, JP 261

Transplantation of cultured jaagsiekte (sheep pulmonary adenomatosis) cells into athymic nude mice Verwoerd, DW, Mayer-Sharrer, E & Du Plessis, JL 271

Research note:

Diarrhoea in pigs induced by rotavirus Prozesky, L & Theodoridis, A 275

Author index 279

Subject index 281



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